ABSTRACT
In central cases, fiction involves representation. In telling a tale, a novelist represents a course of events; some paintings and sculptures are intended to represent. One main question in this book is what we should say about representation in order to make room for a correct account of representation
in fiction. One thing we need to say is that attaining truth is not an essential aim of fictional representation. We value fictions for other properties. This connects fiction with the philosophical notion of fictionalism.
